{"id":183,"date":"2025-08-22T18:16:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/?p=183"},"modified":"2025-08-22T18:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:20:04","slug":"each-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/22\/each-day\/","title":{"rendered":"EACH DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This song isn\u2019t from a musical, but was written in response to a suggestion by the choir director at the local church I frequently attend. I wanted to write a hymn-like song that would be a meditation on my favorite biblical quotation\u2014”Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof<\/em>\u201d –from Matthew 6:34.\u2014J. Linn Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0EACH DAY<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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EACH DAY IS A BOWL THAT BRIMS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WITH ALL THAT LIFE CAN BRING.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EACH DAY HAS ITS BAD AND GOOD,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ITS SPAN OF EVERYTHING.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EACH DAY IS ITS OWN, A RISE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND FALL THAT CAN\u2019T REPEAT,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SO TAKE EACH DAY AS GIVEN AND YOU\u2019LL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAKE THAT DAY COMPLETE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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THINK LESS ABOUT TOMORROW,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOMORROW LURKS IN DOUBT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOMORROW CRIES ALOUD OF WOES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THAT NEVER COME ABOUT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOMORROW IS A FOREIGN KING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALONE IN HIS GREAT HALL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEXT DAY THAT KING AND ALL HIS WEALTH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAY NOT BE THERE AT ALL.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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YOU SAY TODAY THERE IS NO JOY,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JUST DARKNESS AND DISMAY,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND YOU MUST WAIT FOR TIME TO COME,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR LOVE IS GONE AWAY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT THOUGH TODAY\u2019S CREATIVE FIRES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAY SEEM COLD AND DEAD,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EVEN BURIED DEEP THEY BURN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHEN GLEAMS OF LIGHT HAVE FLED.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SO MAKE EACH MOMENT PRECIOUS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EVEN AS IT SINKS TO EARTH,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EACH DAY AND ALL ITS MOMENTS COME<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEWBORN TO SHOUT THEIR WORTH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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WE CAN MAKE THESE DAYS A BLESSING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AS THEY SINK TO EARTH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IF ONLY WE HAVE WILL TO GIVE THEM BIRTH.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IF ONLY WE HAVE WILL TO GIVE THEM BIRTH.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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This song isn\u2019t from a musical, but was written in response to a suggestion by the choir director at the local church I frequently attend. I wanted to write a hymn-like song that would be a meditation on my favorite biblical quotation\u2014”Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof\u201d –from Matthew 6:34.\u2014J. Linn Allen \u00a0EACH […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lyrics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}